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Good afternoon. In the last hour, Rachel Reeves has used her fIrst Labour Conference Speech as chancellor to promIse that therell be no return to austerIty. After weeks of warnIngs about the dIre state of the publIc fInances, she trIed to convey a brIghter message, sayIng she Is optImIstIc about the uks economIc future. She was brIefly heckled by one protestor at the start of her speech. Our polItIcal correspondent Helen Catt reports. As you can see behInd me, people are stIll fIlIng out from th...

Welcome to a town of first time tories. Work around the clock to repay your wrexham has never returned a conservative mp before. Trust and to deliver on your for most of a century it stuck priorities with a parliament that works for you. With labour through thick and thin. A very different story for labour austerity bit hard here but it has asJeremy Corbyn leads his party turned its back on the party to its worst election performance and gone from red to blue. Since the 1930s. He says he will st...

a royal warship that sank 340 years ago while carrying the future king james ii is discovered off the coast of norfolk. the ukrainian ambassador to the uk has told the bbc ukraine is in negotiations to free the two britons sentenced to death for fighting against russian forces and says there will be a prisoner swap. aiden aslin and shaun pinner were captured while fighting with the ukrainian army and have been tried as merceneries by a court in russian held territory. both men had been...

A cultural hub in the heart of Leigh will celebrate the launch of all five floors being open this weekend.

Four-and-a-half years ago, Greater Manchester was at the centre of a political earthquake.

JAMES Grundy has announced that he will not stand as a candidate in the upcoming General Election.

Jo Platt has kicked off her campaign to become the next MP for Leigh and Atherton.

Who are the former Labour MPs looking for a second stint in Westminster?

An event to unite the community will be held in the Wigan borough seven years on from the horrific murder of an MP.

A COMMUNITY art group has been connecting with more and more people thanks to its partnerships with local councillors and organisations.